diff --git a/src/format/html/format-html-scss.ts b/src/format/html/format-html-scss.ts
index 5516df9fd3c..6b783557104 100644
--- a/src/format/html/format-html-scss.ts
+++ b/src/format/html/format-html-scss.ts
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ function pandocVariablesToThemeDefaults(
   add(explicitVars, "font-family-base", metadata["mainfont"], asCssFont);
   add(explicitVars, "font-family-code", metadata["monofont"], asCssFont);
   add(explicitVars, "mono-background-color", metadata["monobackgroundcolor"]);
+  add(explicitVars, "mono-foreground-color", metadata["monoforegroundcolor"]);
 
   // Deal with sizes
   const explicitSizes = [
diff --git a/src/format/reveal/format-reveal-theme.ts b/src/format/reveal/format-reveal-theme.ts
index ecadd81bd98..a79efa9aed4 100644
--- a/src/format/reveal/format-reveal-theme.ts
+++ b/src/format/reveal/format-reveal-theme.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ function pandocVariablesToRevealDefaults(
     asCssNumber,
   );
   add(explicitVars, "code-block-bg", metadata["monobackgroundcolor"]);
-
+  add(explicitVars, "code-block-color", metadata["monoforegroundcolor"]);
   // Non-pandoc options from front matter
   add(explicitVars, "code-block-height", metadata[kCodeBlockHeight]);
   return explicitVars;
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss b/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss
index 2aa81b39685..337f083b7e5 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss
+++ b/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss
@@ -919,16 +919,6 @@ pre {
 
 // Maps the pandoc 'monobackgroundcolor' to bootstrap
 // Note this only targets code outside of sourceCode blocks
-@if variable-exists(mono-background-color) {
-  p code:not(.sourceCode),
-  li code:not(.sourceCode),
-  kbd,
-  pre:not(.sourceCode),
-  samp {
-    background-color: $mono-background-color;
-    padding: 0.2em;
-  }
-}
 
 p pre code:not(.sourceCode),
 li pre code:not(.sourceCode),
@@ -937,21 +927,38 @@ pre code:not(.sourceCode) {
 }
 
 // Default padding if background is set
+h1 code:not(.sourceCode),
+h2 code:not(.sourceCode),
+h3 code:not(.sourceCode),
+h4 code:not(.sourceCode),
+h5 code:not(.sourceCode),
+h6 code:not(.sourceCode),
 p code:not(.sourceCode),
 li code:not(.sourceCode),
-td code:not(.sourceCode) {
+td code:not(.sourceCode),
+kbd,
+pre:not(.sourceCode),
+samp  {
   @if variable-exists(mono-background-color) {
     background-color: $mono-background-color;
   } @else if variable-exists(code-bg) {
     background-color: $code-bg;
   }
 
+  @if variable-exists(mono-foreground-color) {
+    color: $mono-foreground-color;
+  } @else if variable-exists(code-color) {
+    color: $code-color;
+  }
+
   @if variable-exists(code-padding) {
     padding: $code-padding;
   } @else if variable-exists(code-bg) {
     padding: 0.2em;
   } @else if variable-exists(mono-background-color) {
     padding: 0.2em;
+  } @else if variable-exists(mono-foreground-color) {
+    padding: 0.2em;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/html/pandoc/html.styles b/src/resources/formats/html/pandoc/html.styles
index 9e253e3e141..78d6beab9fc 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/html/pandoc/html.styles
+++ b/src/resources/formats/html/pandoc/html.styles
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ code {
 $if(monobackgroundcolor)$
   background-color: $monobackgroundcolor$;
   padding: .2em .4em;
+$endif$
+$if(monoforegroundcolor)$
+  color: $monoforegroundcolor$;
 $endif$
   font-size: 85%;
   margin: 0;
@@ -117,6 +120,9 @@ pre {
 $if(monobackgroundcolor)$
   background-color: $monobackgroundcolor$;
   padding: 1em;
+$endif$
+$if(monoforegroundcolor)$
+  color: $monoforegroundcolor$;
 $endif$
   overflow: auto;
 }
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/html/pandoc/styles.html b/src/resources/formats/html/pandoc/styles.html
index a10531a967a..a770a8c0fa6 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/html/pandoc/styles.html
+++ b/src/resources/formats/html/pandoc/styles.html
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@
 $if(monobackgroundcolor)$
   background-color: $monobackgroundcolor$;
   padding: .2em .4em;
+  $endif$
+$if(monoforegroundcolor)$
+  color: $monoforegroundcolor$;
 $endif$
   font-size: 85%;
   margin: 0;
@@ -129,6 +132,9 @@
 $if(monobackgroundcolor)$
   background-color: $monobackgroundcolor$;
   padding: 1em;
+$endif$
+$if(monoforegroundcolor)$
+  color: $monoforegroundcolor$;
 $endif$
   overflow: auto;
 }
diff --git a/src/resources/schema/document-colors.yml b/src/resources/schema/document-colors.yml
index a459fe6dfc0..0092edfb5b1 100644
--- a/src/resources/schema/document-colors.yml
+++ b/src/resources/schema/document-colors.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
     formats: [html, html4, html5, slidy, slideous, s5, dzslides]
   description: Sets the CSS `background-color` property on code elements and adds extra padding.
 
+- name: monoforegroundcolor
+  schema: string
+  tags:
+    formats: [html, html4, html5, slidy, slideous, s5, dzslides]
+  description: Sets the CSS `color` property on code elements and adds extra padding.
+
 - name: backgroundcolor
   schema: string
   tags: